The Slapping Mullah

By Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander, New Age Islam 18 July 2022 Similarly Deobandis and Barelvis Write Against Their Opponents and In Their Madrasas They Are Taught How to Refute Other Scholars of Thought by Using Various Polemics Main Points: 1. The recent incident of a mullah slapping a youth in masjid depicts the violent nature of mullahs. 2. The sectarian mullahs as parasites are gobbling down the hard earned donations of Muslims and using them for anti-Islamic activities. 3. Sectarian mullahs condemn West but use its every invention for the propagation of their cause of dividing the Muslim community. ------ Mullahs have a violent history. They cannot understand rationality. The curriculum they go through instills among them the illusion that they have a monopoly over truth, and interpretation of Islam. They believe that what and how their predecessors (Aslaaf) have interpreted Islam is the only correct one. So they abhor the plurality of interpretations. Add to it the polemical debates and treaties they write against the other schools of thought, reinforce their belief system that only their school of thought and sect is the one that has been stamped with salvation. Many among them in their personal and private congregations elevate the status of their scholars to the one reserved for the Prophets. It is here that the problem starts. Such beliefs of these schools of thought have been exposed by Engineer Mohammad Ali Mirza in his numerous videos. Also these schools of thought regularly issue fatwas and write books condemning the beliefs of other schools of thought. So you have Ahle Hadith or Salafis writing books, sermonizing and issuing fatwas against Deobandis, Barelvis, Jamaat e Islami, Sufis and Shias condemning their beliefs and representative scholars of these schools of thought. Similarly Deobandis and Barelvis write against their opponents and in their madrasas they are taught how to refute other scholars of thought by using various polemics. This refutation and counter refutation has been going on for centuries but was confined to books and few congregations. But now thanks to the advent of social media, an invention of the West, that mullahs have been condemning since centuries, although that did not arrest the progress of West but rendered the Muslim mindset stagnant. The mullahs may condemn the West but they are the greatest consumers of the technologies produced by the West including mobile phones and social media. It was these inventions of the West and the English language that their Aslaaf had vehemently opposed. Now these mullahs who are parasites of the new age, use these gadgets like mobile phones and social media to divide Muslims and amplify their sectarian message. Instead of putting these inventions to a good use they put it into the service of devil, assuming that they are using it for the betterment of Islam. I am too optimistic to expect goodness from mullahs whereas in reality mullahs can never put anything to good use. In fact they even retrograde Islam and have turned it into a religion of fratricide. Most of the mullahs of all sects indulge in shirk (association with God), although they portray themselves as Muwahid and believers in Tawhid (Monotheism). For them their sectarian godheads, founders and ideologues whom they term as Aslaaf are dearer than Allah and his last Messenger (pbuh). They will never get angry at atheists and agnostics who mock and abuse Allah day in and out, but are ready to kill anyone who insults Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) or any of their Aslaaf. The case with Aslaaf is that each sect has different set of Aslaafs and they are Kaafir, Zindiq or Mushrik according to other set of Aslaafs. So the condemnation of Allah does not move them even a bit because for them Allah does not enjoy supreme status as he is a universal God, who is claimed by every religion. So as a joint property there is no need to refute attacks against him. So through lived realities, they diminish the status of Allah even the so called Ahle Hadith who always claim to be a vanguard against Shirk and Biddat. The Prophet (pbuh) and Aslaaf are dearer to them than Allah. So they commit this shirk by elevating the status of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and Aslaaf more than Allah. They also forget the fact that according to Islam, Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is not only the Prophet of Muslims although they and mullahs have tried to confine his lofty and universal status to that of a cult but in reality he is a Mercy to all Mankind. He has been sent as a Prophet to all humanity not only to Muslims. The other fallacy of mullahs is their ill-founded belief about knowing Islam and monopolizing its interpretation. The truth however is that any person who develops expertise can interpret Islam without the need of terming anyone as Kaafir or Mushrik. These mullahs are not trained in Islam because in sectarian madrasas more emphasis is laid on sectarian understanding of Islam, with little encouragement on understanding Quran and Hadith. Even if these sources are taught, they are taught through a sectarian lens, thus arriving at the real message of Islam becomes impossible. The jargon of sectarian interpretation and jurisprudence renders the student bereft from understanding the real message of Islam. So these half-baked mullahs are ill fit to interpret and articulate Islam, while they desist the Muslims from questioning them or their interpretation. They want Muslims to become their blind followers or unquestioning disciples, something that Islam condemns as questioning and rationality are the hallmarks of Islam. Noaman Nowsheri aka Batakpuri ------ In a recent viral video a local mullah Noaman Nowsheri aka Batakpuri is seen slapping a youth in a mosque with full congregation, as he raises some questions and belongs to another sect. Batakpuri describes himself as Deobandi and his speeches are always against other sects that will eventually lead to fratricide if these groups are armed. The youth who belong to Barelvi sect questions him, involving him in a polemical debate and Batakpuri orders him to call his Barelvi Muftis so that he can debate with them as the young man is not a scholar. Ultimately, Batakpuri gets infuriated and slaps the guy. The guy and few others leave the masjid. There are now a lot of videos condemning Batakpuri’s actions but many Deobandis in clandestine tones are supporting this action because according to them, the youth spoke against the Aslaaf, as if the Aslaaf are Prophets. Such actions were expected from Batakpuri as his provocative sectarian speeches were not only circulated by the Deobandi group but he was given the title of Manazir e Islam. I had condemned and spoken against his sectarianism for long over social media, inviting trolls and hateful messages. The trend that these sectarian mullahs have started needs to be arrested and we need to claim the agency of interpretation and mosques from mullahs like Batakpuri. Slapping and violence is not something new with mullahs. In madrasas, beating kids is a norm, so while growing in such a violent environment they depict these violent tendencies as Batakpuri manifested. In a video that was viral few years back another mullah whose family was given the title of Mirwaiz by the autocratic Hindu Dogra rulers to help them rule over the hapless masses. The current Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is neither well versed in Islam nor politics slapped a shopkeeper in a meeting. So these mullahs are inherently violent, sexually repressed or abused and raised on a staple diet of hate so such a behavior is expected from them. The people should think before funding such mullahs as they are parasites who gobble down the hard earned money, donations and Zakah of Muslims. They utilize our Zakah for anti-Islamic purposes and that ultimately will lead to sectarianism and fratricide, making strong roots among Muslims. These mullahs should be thrown out of the masjids and boycotted, so that this trend is arrested. If such steps are not taken at an earliest then these enemies of Islam will destroy the pluralism and co-existence among Muslims. The society will start killing members of the Muslim community on the basis of difference of opinions and then these mullahs will act as Prophets. So they need to be refuted and decimated before they become Frankenstein monsters. ----- A New Age Islam columnist, M.H.A. 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